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Bellwork: Write down the following question and highlight
the key words in the question and answer.
In 1917 the biologist Thomas Hunt Morgan conducted studies in which he
kept some caterpillars in the dark and placed other under red, green, or blue
lights. Exposure to red light produced butterflies with brightly colored wings.
Exposure to green light resulted in dark-colored wings. Exposure to blue
light or no light resulted in pale-colored wings. What was the most likely
conclusion of Morgan’s research?
a) The pigment in butterfly wings absorbs light from the environment
b) The phenotypic expression of wing shape depends on color
pigmentation in butterflies.
c) The genes regulating wing color in butterflies are influenced by
environmental factors.
d) Caterpillars exposed to red and green light are healthier than
caterpillars exposed to no light or blue light.
What amino acids do the following
codons code for?
A) TTT
B) GAT
C) ACT
D) TAC
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Undifferentiated cells that can form from any type of cell are
called what? STEM CELLS
To store and transmit genetic information is the function of
what biomolecule? NUCLEIC ACIDS
RNA to a protein is called what? TRANSLATION
DNA to RNA is called what? TRANSCRIPTION
Where does Transcription take place in the cell? NUCLEUS
Where does Translation take place in the cell? RIBOSOME
What nitrogenous base is not found in DNA, but found in
RNA? URACIL
A five-carbon sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous
base make up what monomer? NUCLEOTIDE
An enzyme is a biological what? CATALYST
What does AGG code for? ARGININE
What does TAC code for? METHIONINE
The nucleus divided into two nuclei is what cellular process?
MITOSIS
Using just the first letter, what is the order of Mitosis? P M A
T
How are bone cells different from muscle cells?
EXPRESSED BY DIFFERENT GENES
What is the final product of transcription? mRNA STRAND
What is the final product of translation?
PROTEIN/POLYPEPTIDE CHAIN
If a parent cell has 15 chromosomes, how many
chromosomes does each daughter cell have? 15
What happens during G1 Phase of Interphase? GROWTH
What happens during S Phase of Interphase? DNA
REPLICATION
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Exposure to red light caused yellow and orange feathers,
exposure to green light caused blue and green feathers.
What type of factors caused this change?
ENVIRONMENTAL
What phase has the chromosomes line up along the equator
of a cell? METAPHASE
What phase has the chromosomes pulled apart to opposite
poles? ANAPHASE
What phase has chromosomes appear and the nuclear
envelope disappears? PROPHASE
What stage creates two new cells? CYTOKINESIS
What are the series of events that cells go through to grow
and divide? CELL CYCLE
What is responsible for carrying coded information from the
nucleus to the cytoplasm? mRNA
What is responsible for carrying the amino acid? tRNA
What is the uncontrollable rate of cell division? CANCER
What DNA strand is produced from the amino acid
Methionine/Start? T A C
What RNA strand is produced from the amino acid Serine?
AGU/AGC
During Anaphase, what structure is pulling the sister
chromatids apart? CENTRIOLES
How is the genetic code common to all living organisms?
SAME FOUR NITROGENOUS BASES
How many strands make up RNA? ONE
What does RNA and DNA have in common? BOTH
NUCLEIC ACIDS/ACG